Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 2: Intimacy Calling (1991)

The supposed second entry in Wynton's six volume 'Standard Time' series. For reasons unknown (to be honest, I didn't care to research), Volume 2 was released after the third volume in the series. In any case, as the subtitle "Intimacy Calling" suggests, this is a romantic listen and - although not all ballads - perfect for nighttime listening. But that model on the cover looks uncomfortable in that pose, don't ya think?

Complete credits and liner notes available at the Wynton Marsalis website.

Ratings/reviews:

• Billboard: "delicately and lovingly delivered"
• DownBeat (★★★★): "there's plenty to like about this record"
• The Penguin Guide to Jazz (5th ed., 2000):★★★
• The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide (1999): ★★★½
• The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz (1999): ★★★

Album chart peaks:

• US Billboard Top 200: #112
• Billboard Jazz: #1

Tracks:

1. When It's Sleepy Time Down South (1931) ✔
2. You Don't Know What Love Is (1941)
3. Indelible And Nocturnal (1991 Marsalis original)
4. I'll Remember April (1941)
5. Embraceable You (1930) ✔
6. Crepuscule With Nellie (1957)
7. What Is This Thing Called Love (1929)
8. The End Of A Love Affair (1951)
9. East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon) (1934) ✔
10. Lover (1932) ✔
11. Yesterdays (1933)
12. Bourbon Street Parade (1949) ✔

If you're using this album as a mood-setter for adult activities, you might want to skip the last track unless you plan on a victorious exit march from the bedroom to the kitchen à la NOLA second-lining. But you be you.

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None, but around the time this album was released I was snapping up Marsalis CDs fairly frequently so it wouldn't surprise me if I bought this one at some point in '91. And yes, Volume 3 will eventually appear in this space. Stay tuned.

Previously revisited for the blog:

Two Men with the Blues (2008)	Baroque Music for Trumpets (1988)
Standards & Ballads (2008)	Portrait of Wynton Marsalis (1988)
Live at The Village Vanguard (1999)	Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)
Marsalis Plays Monk (1999)	Carnaval (1987)
In Gabriel's Garden (1996)	J Mood (1986)
Joe Cool's Blues (1995)	Black Codes (1985)
Baroque Duet (1992)	Baroque Music for Trumpet (1984)
Uptown Ruler (1991)	Hot House Flowers (1984)
Tune In Tomorrow (1990)	Trumpet Concertos (1983)
Crescent City Christmas Card (1989)